General election is Tuesday

General election day is Tuesday, Nov. 6 and voters will be tasked with making their choice on candidates and important issues facing Montana. Many voters have already cast their absentee ballot, which was mailed out on Oct. 12. According to the Montana Secretary of State, 1,363 absentee ballots were mailed to Mineral County residents.

Red Devils face VC for state playoff berth

It’s “do or die” for Noxon in Class C 8-man football going into the last week of the 2018 regular season.

Legals January 31, 2018

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Requests Input For Proposed Timber Sales PUBLIC NOTICE The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Plains Unit is proposing to harvest timber on the following state-owned parcel: Section 26, Township 24N, Range 31W. The Beaver Creek Bay Timber Sales are proposed and located 17 air miles northwest of Thompson Falls, MT. The objective of these timber sales is to generate revenue for their associated Trust Funds, improve forest health by reducing the possibility of insect and disease activity, to reduce excessive fuel loading and the related risk of wildfire, and to reestablish and promote timber types historically found in these areas. The stands would be monitored for natural regeneration and planted if necessary. The Beaver Creek East Timber Sale would have one harvest unit of approximately 46 acres and would produce an estimated 1,000 mbf through a seed tree prescription. The Beaver Creek West Timber Sale would have three harvest units of approximately 42 acres and would produce an estimated 500 mbf through seed tree and/or shelterwood prescriptions. These proposed harvests would contribute to the DNRC's sustained yield as mandated by state statute 77-5-222. There would be approximately 0.5 miles of temporary roads constructed to access the standing timber. These stands would be monitored for natural regeneration and planted if necessary. These stands would also be monitored for noxious weed and sprayed when needed. The DNRC is in the scoping phase of the project environmental assessment so all volumes, acreages and road distances are preliminary estimates. In preparation for this project, specialists such as wildlife biologists, hydrologists, soil scientists, and archeologists would be consulted. The Montana DNRC invites written comments and suggestions concerning this proposal. Please respond by March 1, 2018. Please direct oral or written comments to: Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation PO Box 219 Plains, Montana 59859 Attn: Dale Peters (406) 826-4722 E-mail: dpeters@mt.gov Published in the Clark Fork Valley Press on January 24 and January 31, 2018. MNAXLP

Hospital facing new financial challenges

After several years of hard work to get Mineral Community Hospital’s budget back on track it is once again faced with financial challenges with state budget cuts and Blue Cross Blue Shield pulling out of the Medicare Advantage program.

Kinney named Western Montana superintendent of year

Superior School Superintendent Scott Kinney has been named the Western Montana Superintendent of the Year and the school held an assembly Wednesday afternoon to present the award to Kinney.

Circus to hit Hot Springs

HOT SPRINGS – One hundred years ago, long before the mainstream distribution of movies and television, Chautauqua circuits were common events during the summertime throughout Montana and major portions of the United States.

Women's equality years later

Women’s Equality 95 Years Later

An update from Rep. Schwaderer

Second annual Winter Market held at county fairgrounds

PLAINS – The Pavilion at the Sanders County Fairgrounds was jammed full of vendors last week as the building hosted the second annual holiday market.

Residents train at CFVH

PLAINS – You are called to attend an emergency C-Section of a 26 week infant with an estimated fetal weight of 1900 grams. The mother has a history of high blood pressure, unbearable headaches and has been diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. What would you do?

County geography bee winner returns from Billings

PLAINS – One hundred students from all across the state sat full of anticipation in their designated quiet room. They listened carefully to each question, testing their own knowledge, as they anxiously awaited their turn. They handled the stage fright and pressure well for their young ages.

Superhost training hits all-time high

SUPERIOR – Hospitality providers left the Superhost statewide seminar ready to provide quality customer service to keep tourists coming back to Mineral County on a yearly basis. This year the seminar reported the highest attendance ever in the approximately 20 years the program has been offered.

An update from Rep. Ingraham

According to Ecclesiastes 3:1, there is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven, and one of those times comes on June 3, 2014.

XC teams run in Missoula

MISSOULA - The Plains High School boys and girls cross-country team participated in the annual Mountain West Cross Country Invitational last weekend.

Superior High School students sing out in all-state

SUPERIOR – Earlier this month two Superior High School students joined over a hundred kids from across three states for an all-star choir performance in Missoula.

Savage Heat athletes move forward

Thompson Falls Golf makes history at Ronan

THOMPSON FALLS – The Bluehawk golf team had a strong performance at the Ronan Invitational, winning the tournament for the first time ever and beating Loyola for the first time in a handful of years.

School addition opens

PLAINS – A line of people led down the hallway of the Plains school as attendants waited to witness history. A dream that begin in the early 50s finally came to fruition – the grand opening of the new school addition.

Christians, Jews are easy targets, but for how long?

The absurd attacks on Israel for exercising its right of self-defense in the past few weeks have only been surpassed in foolhardy dangerousness by the world’s virtual silence about the genocide being practiced against Christians and other minority religions in the Islamic State formerly known as northwestern Iraq.

Superior Bobcats meet the competition in Ronan